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Definition of Engobe
1. Noun. A white or colored clay slip coating applied to a ceramic body to give it decorative color or improved texture. ¹
2. Noun. A clay slip which is colored with metal oxides or stains, used for coating the surface of a pot either before or after bisque firing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Engobe
1. a white undercoat in ceramics [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Engobe
Literary usage of Engobe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Collected Writings of Hermann August Seger by Hermann August Seger, Hermann Hecht, Eduard Cramer (1902)
"The clays upon which the engobe is ordinarily applied when they are in the
leather-hard condition, possess a varying composition at the different places of ..."
2. Transactions of the American Ceramic Society Containing the Papers and by American Ceramic Society (1902)
"4, a very good blue engobe was obtained, which, covered with No. ... Another method
of securing a blue engobe was to add a cobalt solution direct to the ..."
3. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Charles D. Demond (1905)
"Glazes, both for hollow ware of all sorts and for tiles, are of three kinds,
engobe, enamel, and transparent. The engobe is a fusible clay, felspar, ..."
4. The Clayworker's Hand-book: A Manual for All Engaged in the Manufacture of by Alfred Broadhead Searle (1906)
"If, on the other hand, the engobe rises up from the body with a blister-like
formation, a cure must be sought in the addition of a greater proportion of ..."
5. Catalogue of Specimens: Illustrative of the Composition and Manufacture of by Museum of Practical Geology (Great Britain), Henry Thomas De La Beche, Trenham Recks (1871)
"Body gray with dark exterior; pattern in white engobe. Found in the New Forest,
... Paste white, glaze black, with pattern in yellowish white engobe. ..."
6. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"coating with engobe; : specif., slip painting. engobe, /. (Ceram.) engobe (slip
or paste applied in a thin layer over a body of different competition). ..."
7. The Encyclopedia of Ceramics by William Percival Jervis (1902)
"A design being traced on the object, the engobe is carefully removed about its
... Sometimes the engobe is darker than the clay beneath, but usually it is ..."
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